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What's the deal? Browns trying to sign all of the defenders that intercepted Mayfield last year?

His advanced stats are not so great, but he's supposed to be a good leader and locker room guy. You need that for an MLB. Hope he's a good catalyst and a better Goodson than Goodson was.

“We are adding another smart, tough football player to the fold,” Kevin Stefanski said in a release announcing the move. “This is a guy that plays hard, plays fast, plays nasty. He can be a quarterback for the defense out there. Really intelligent, heady player.”



1 year, $3.5Mil.
Walker didn’t ... grade out higher than Malcolm Smith, B.J. Goodson, or Sione Takitaki. So why Walker? Moreover, does his signing mean the Browns won’t pursue any linebacking help in free agency or the draft? As that would probably be a mistake.
That said, there is an intangible that Walker brings to the Browns and that’s apparently his leadership skills, which are important. Former teammate Darius Leonard tweeted out that his biggest impact was on the Colts’ locker room during their time together.
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It’s not like this is a bad signing, it’s just not the signing the defense needs. It could work out for the Browns, however. While it’s unlikely that after four years with the Colts, that Walker matures into a Pro Bowl-caliber player now, it’s not out of the possibility. Sometimes you just need to have someone who can relate a key piece of information to you differently for things to really unlock for you. Especially in athletics. So much of it is mental and maybe the Browns have a coach who can bring the best out of Walker.
Maybe not.
The problem comes from the fact that both team’s defenses are/were in the same spot after the 2020 season and both were looking to upgrade the position. The Colts let a 25-year-old linebacker, who didn’t cost that much, go for a reason. The Browns, who needed to upgrade at linebacker, signed arguably the worst starter in the league to fill that gap.
 
I've written this in a couple spots... He is the Tyrod Taylor of linebackers. He is on the field long enough for the young players he is grooming to take over. Ballard said as much - future scout or coach who is physically able to be on the field until that day comes.

Walker still compiled 321 tackles (18 for loss), 3.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 fumbles recovered, 3 interceptions, and 11 pass breakups in the last three years... He contributed well before the younger guys took over.
 
This is on the OBJ/Jarvis level of bromance. It's obvious what we have to do now. We have to trade one of our guards for him to reunite them. I'll start packing Drew Forbes' suitcase.
I assume we're getting a guard back from Indy in this deal, you know, to keep our depth in tact. I'll take #56 off their hands.

On-topic, I love this signing. Even if Walker looks like doo-doo out on the field and becomes the linebacker version of Sendejo, it seems like the 3 million we spent is worth it just for the way he hopefully helps and grows our young linebackers.

Note: I do not think that Walker will become Sendejo-level bad.
 

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